Founded by Sergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki, Jack Ma, Cathy Zhang, Yuri and Julia Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, the Breakthrough Prizes, awarded in fundamental physics, mathematics and life sciences, aim to “celebrate scientists and generate excitement about the pursuit of science as a career.” Each laureate receives an award of $3 million with their Breakthrough Prize.

The Selection Committee for the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics includes:

Nima Arkani-Hamed

Lyn Evans

Fabiola Gianotti

Michael B. Green

Alan Guth

Stephen Hawking

Joseph Incandela

Alexei Kitaev

Maxim Kontsevich

Juan Maldacena

Alexander Polyakov

Nathan Seiberg

Ashoke Sen

John H. Schwarz

Edward Witten

The Selection Committee for the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences includes:

James P. Allison

Cornelia I. Bargmann

David Botstein

Lewis C. Cantley

Hans Clevers

Titia de Lange

Mahlon R. DeLong

Napoleone Ferrara

Michael N. Hall

Eric S. Lander

Robert Langer

Richard P. Lifton

Charles L. Sawyers

Alexander Varshavsky

Bert Vogelstein

Robert A. Weinberg

Shinya Yamanaka

The ceremony will take place in Silicon Valley on Nov. 9 with award presenters including Kate Beckinsale, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Diaz, Jon Hamm and Eddie Redmayne. The event will be televised in the U.S. at 6 p.m. on Nov. 15 on Discovery Channel and Science Channel, and globally on Nov. 22 on BBC World News.